Baseball Game Preview: Bagley Flyers vs. Win-E-Mac Patriots

By Team Reports May 16, 2025, 10:19pm

Baseball Preview: Bagley Flyers vs. Win-E-Mac Patriots

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Bagley and Win-E-Mac are an even 4-4 against one another since May of 2015, but likely not for long. The Flyers will take on the Patriots at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.

Bagley barely beat Lake Park-Audubon the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Flyers were the clear victors by a 17-7 margin over the Raiders on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Flyers, who have now won four matches by ten runs or more so far this season.

Ian Phrakonkham

Batters Struck Out (Career)

05/16/25 vs Lake Park-Audubon9
04/25/24 vs Fertile-Beltrami4
05/03/24 @ Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal3
05/13/25 @ Kelliher/Northome2
05/05/25 @ Blackduck2

Ian Phrakonkham was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base. Bagley is undefeated when Phrakonkham posts two or more runs, but 0-9 otherwise.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Gunner Nolan, who went 2-for-3 with four stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI. That's the most runs he has posted since back in May of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Wyatt Gerbracht, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI and one stolen base.

Bagley always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .559. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Win-E-Mac's rock-solid pitcher showed up for the team's fourth consecutive shutout on Friday. They never let Lake of the Woods get on the board and left with a 12-0 victory. With that win, the Patriots brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.

Carter Fortman was incredible, going 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and one triple. Another player making a difference was Bergen Howard, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and one double.

Bagley's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 4-9. As for Win-E-Mac, their record is now 11-3.

Bagley was able to grind out a solid win over Win-E-Mac in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, winning 7-4. Will the Flyers repeat their success, or do the Patriots have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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